This book is magical realism at its finest. I’m a huge Isabel Allende fan, so seeing this book compared to her work made me want to read it. This had all of her best features: lush, intoxicating prose and a gripping multigenerational saga of the ties that bind a family together.

The Montoya family’s lives are built on a bed of secrets. No one knows why their house appeared out of nowhere one day, built in a valley that changed from desolate to green. Or why Orquidea, the matriarch, never left the home and its protection symbols.

When she summons her children and grandchildren, descendants of her many marriages, to come claim their inheritance, she leaves them with more questions than answers, as well as a little bit of magic.

Marimar, one of the granddaughters, is determined to solve the mystery, especially as it becomes apparent that something – or someone – is after the descendants.

This book is a beautifully woven tapestry, spanning the life of one remarkable but flawed woman.

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